Preface

This book provides a comprehensive overview of insecticides, including information on their adverse effects on the environment, the resistance of pests to insecticides, accumulation in food, and regulations and rules in different countries regarding the application of insecticides.

It includes twenty-one chapters written by authors with extensive national and international experience. They address such topics as the use and impact of insecticides in Cameron and Nepal, how insecticides stop working after application, the biochemistry of insecticides, the role of microbial insecticides in pest control, biological pest control versus insecticides, control of tetranychids, the effect of insecticides on natural enemies, integrated management of ticks in cattle, pest resistance to insecticides, and much more.

This book fills a gap in the literature on pest control and is a useful resource for undergraduate and graduate students in agriculture, forestry, veterinary science, and environmental science.

> **Dr. Ramón Eduardo Rebolledo Ranz** Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

Section 1
